[January 23]

After three days of searching in the volcanic and jungle areas, I found no more exotic creatures worth recording. It's time to leave the country of Taki.

In the past few days, there have been more and more Taki Shinobu following me and underground, and even the waiter at my lunch today was all in the guise of Taki Shinobi.

But when I revealed their identities on the spot, I saw relief on their faces instead of horror, and I understood that they were doing it on purpose. After questioning, I learned that they were not trying to ambush me or poison me.

The reason why these ninjas are in hot pursuit is because there are several nobles in the country of Takinoki who have invited Orochimaru to visit their door, and they have also given gifts to each other, and the relationship is very ambiguous.

Takishinobu thought that I had been holding on after dealing with Orochimaru, and that he wanted to dispose of those nobles as his henchmen, so he had to watch my whereabouts on the orders of the Daimyo.

Actually, if they hadn't said it, I wouldn't have known about it. After all, the only records left by Orochimaru were those cold experiment reports.

However, since they took the initiative to come out, for the sake of insurance, I still plan to eliminate the hidden dangers before leaving, and it is good to meet these people.

Of course, I don't need to ask to guess that most of these people have already hid in the palace of the Daimyo, just like the Great Treasurer of the Fire Country.

It reminds me of an incident from two years ago.

It was shortly after I forcibly broke into the palace of the Fire Country, and my father, the shadow clone left in Konoha by my father, Konoha Tsuyoshiro, brought me a letter.

He scolded me in the letter, saying that in order to punish my actions, the number of commissions issued by the nobles of the Fire Nation in Konoha had dropped dramatically, the village's income had been reduced by half compared to the previous month, and the Uchiha's reputation had just improved, so it had taken a sharp turn.

He repeatedly stressed that as long as I was an Uchiha, there would always be people who would think that my every move was controlled by him.

Therefore, in order to gain the trust of the daimyo, he had to send Itachi, who worked in the Konoha Library after resigning, to the Fire City to be a mouthpiece between the family and the nobles.

Finally, for the sake of Uchiha's collective desire to become the Hokage one day, he asked me to stop dealing with the nobles who committed crimes.

Because I was convinced that Butterfly's goal of "eliminating the ninja system" would be achieved sooner or later, I knew very well that the wishes of the people were only illusory after all-

Since even the ninja system is going to disappear, where does the shadow come from?

It is self-evident who is lighter and heavier than people's concrete and real lives compared to an illusory dream.

So, I ignored the letter and acted as I had done in the past - in order to eradicate the disappearance of people in an area other than the Orochimaru factor, I would often clean up with the experimentaics, kidnappers, underground arena operators, and their high umbrellas.

Naturally, these people did not wait for death on the spot, and they also tried to fight back.

After I left the Fire Nation, I was assassinated dozens of times. Every time I killed them all, the killers continued to follow.

I didn't understand what was going on, so I used illusion to take control of one of them. The man told me that in addition to the fact that my bounty skyrocketed every day, it seemed that for a ninja to die at the hands of a "ninja nuisance" like Yoshiyoshi Uchiha, it would also bring him the name of a hero after death.

Being called a "public nuisance" by these people made me feel bad for several days.

The last time, I was surrounded by more than fifty shinobi and ninja, and in addition to Konoha, there were all kinds of people from various countries and ninja villages, which really annoyed me. So that time I changed my strategy.

Except for a few ninjas who did not directly kill me, the rest of the assassins could no longer extract chakras on their own for the rest of their lives, and three of them could not face this reality and committed suicide on the spot.

Being killed will make them heroes by their own people, but if they are deposed, they will be nothing.

Since then, no Assassin has appeared in my path.

When violence didn't work, my enemies turned their attention to my family.

Two or three months later, Itachi and Shisui both wrote to me, which roughly meant that my actions had affected the international reputation of the Fire Nation. All countries hope that the Fire Nation will take measures against me, or even the alliance may break down.

After meeting the Daimyo, my father planned to take me back to Konoha himself. After his mother quarreled with him about this, he simply resigned from Konoha and decided to dedicate himself to action direction and special effects for movies in the future. Then, my father was so angry that he fainted and was admitted to the hospital.

I felt very bad after receiving the letter. The last thing I want to see is for the people I care about to suffer the consequences of my actions.

But if I really deal with the disappearances themselves, as my father said, and do not pursue the nobles and ninjas who profit from human trafficking and human experimentation, and give the harshest warnings to similar groups, then such cases will only go on and on.

For the next few days, I was in a trance, in a state of indescribable guilt.

But I also feel that this guilt of mine is a betrayal of those whose lives are dying. Although the butterfly repeatedly stressed to me that this is not our world, I am not responsible for the lives of those people. But there was always a question on my mind.

Why should I be reunited with my family while those people have to suffer the pain of life and death?

Every minute and every second of hesitation here, there will be people who are separated from their relatives because of my insignificant entanglement.

But I can't do what I need to do without any hindrance, as long as I close my writing wheels, as I did before.

At this point, I understand why Konoha uses two derogatory words "bonds" to describe the relationship between people. In my opinion, weakness is perhaps a more appropriate expression.

However, this weakness is still a happy annoyance after all, and the refreshment of being alone is a painful relief.

When I think of those who no longer have a "soft underbelly" and still have their lives to be taken away, I don't feel anything.

In those days, my brain seemed to be pulled by two opposing forces, my eyes were unconsciously swollen and painful, and I couldn't even control the color of my writing wheels.

It's a new feeling that I've never experienced before, and the complexity is beyond words.

Just as my troubles were about to reach a critical point, Kyojuro's crow brought me another letter from my mother.

I thought it was still something that advised me to stop, so I opened it with great annoyance, but the first two paragraphs of the letter read:

"There's a quote from Sasuke's favorite comic book that I think fits you perfectly: 'It's not me that's wrong, it's the world.'"

"I haven't heard from you lately, so I guess what you're worried about, and I'm writing to explain it. Your dad is fine, he just needs a reason not to go to you, so I did something to the iron element in his body so that he can deal with the daimyo. ”

Then, in the letter, my mother analyzed for me the importance of black industries such as underground arenas to the economies of small countries, and believed that this was the real reason why countries would rather protect these nobles with fat brains than make enemies of me. So, in order not to get me entangled, she decided to cooperate with the Fire Nation to develop the application of rare metals in civilian industry.

As a result, the demand for metals in the Fire Nation will increase dramatically, and small countries will be able to use the profits from the mining industry to make up for the economic holes caused by the disappearance of black industries.

Since this matter was led by the Fire Nation, the Daimyo became the biggest beneficiary, and the alliance was maintained, so they would no longer have any problems with me.

In addition, she also used her family's money to invest in the film company that filmed "Princess Fengyun".

She thinks that if I add a character with a similar style to me but a more likable personality (I don't know what that means) in a new movie, and then ask the main creator to explain in an interview that the character is based on me, it should be effective in turning my reputation into the folk rumors.

In this way, as long as the commoners who empathize with the victims in the movie are more willing to hire Konoha ninjas to balance the lost income due to the cancellation of the commission by the nobles, there will be no pressure on the father's side.

"Even if you do what you have to do, Sasuke is always happy to hear from you, and he can't sleep." This sentence became a reassurance for me.

That night, I also couldn't sleep at night about getting support from my family for the first time. I even felt that my very limited care for my family was far from worthy of their trust in me.

However, even though I couldn't sleep overnight, the next day my eye symptoms still healed without medicine and no longer had swelling pain. Presumably, that letter greatly relieved my psychological pressure, allowing me to have less worries and continue to carry out this wayward activity.

At the end of the letter, my mother advised me that if the nobles I was dealing with were allies of the Fire Nation, then I could provide evidence to the daimyo of that country so that they could be prepared to execute or detain them under the laws of their own country.

In this way, the dignity of the daimyo of each country will not be damaged by my lynching, and they will be able to express their attitude towards the black industry in their national capacity, and finally they will be able to find an excuse to deprive these nobles of their illegal property in a fair way.

Of course, if there is sufficient evidence and they do not refuse to carry it out, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation will stick their necks in the metal trade, impose economic sanctions, and tighten their control over these small countries.

In this way, the Fire Nation, the allies, and I have all achieved their goals.

Although there are a lot of insignificant political filth, it has to be said that the mother's method is very effective.

Since then, my actions have met with little resistance within the Fire Nation's allies. For example, this time Takishinobu Village never thought of doing something to me, which is one of the proofs.

I followed the group of Taki Shinobi to meet with the daimyo of Takinokuni and told him that I wanted to check if the nobles, family members, and servants had curse marks on their bodies, and wanted to know the details of their interactions with Orochimaru.

Half an hour later, the leader of Taki Shinobu showed me more than 40 aphrodisiacs developed by Orochimaru for middle-aged men of different physiques, and I didn't find any traces of curse marks on these people. In the end, the daimyo of Takinokuni swore to me that his ministers would never have any more dealings with Orochimaru.

At this point, I have no reason to stay in Takino Country again.

This travelogue should have been written during my break last night, but something unpleasant happened afterwards that I didn't have time to write until now.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, I had just arrived at the border between the land and the taki-no-kuni when I was blocked by a blonde kid with a high ponytail.

I thought he was an assassin, but instead he claimed to be my victim, saying that it was because I was messing around in the ninja world, so he had to be compared to me by Tsuchikage every day.

According to him, under the pretext of letting him catch up with me, Tokage forced him to study for fourteen hours a day, so that he had no time to make art. So he thinks that as long as he kills me, his free time will come back.

In short, for the sake of the art in his mouth, he had to kill me.

When I found out that I could understand Orochimaru's crazy words but not him, I knew that this teenager must have some mental illness.

Because the other party was very young, only two or three years older than Sasuke, and I didn't want to deal with mental illness, I immediately left with the breath of fire.

But I didn't expect that he would use the earth escape to make a flying ninja device, and constantly drop powerful clay bombs at an altitude of several hundred meters that I couldn't attack.

I couldn't think of a way to attack him except for the Tailed Beast Jade, so I used the shockwave generated by the explosion to practice the first type of Wind Breath while directing him to the sparsely populated Stone Country.

The last time I came to Ishinokuni, I noticed that there was a village where people seemed to be following the story of Yugong moving mountains, trying to carve through the mountains and open up a path to the outside world. But after last night, the mountain had been half flattened, and they just had to clear the rubble and get through.

After running like this all night, I was quite familiar with the use of Wind Breath in sports, so I took advantage of his flight to a slightly lower point, jumped on his flying ninja with the help of the aftermath of the explosion, and controlled him to fly with me to Iwa Ninja Village with the Writing Wheel Eye. In the end, I hung him on the railing at the entrance of Iwa Shinobi Hospital, and left him with a sum of money for his treatment, and then left before Iwa Shinobi could react.

Although this kid wasted a lot of my time, the word "art" in his mouth did give me a lot of inspiration.

Kyojuro said that the performing art of a Noh actor can make him forget himself completely, and maybe I can find an "art" that suits me, and it may not be necessary for me to achieve the relaxation that Fenghu Tsunaka needs.

So the next step, I decided to go to the place with the most artists in the entire ninja world, which is Mikazuki Island. Hope something happens.

Today's rating: 8-2=6 points. The two points deducted were because he was delayed by the blonde kid for at least half a day. 】

"The brave seniors are so good at writing. Sure enough, his own statement is a little different from what the Konoha ninja at the city gate told us, and it seems that there are many versions of folk interpretation......"

In the hotel room, after Genya read the second part of the total travelogue to Muichiro verbatim, he raised his head and poured himself a large glass of water, and then let out a long breath.

"Well, have all the words you can't read been marked?"

"Hmm." Muichiro marked the corresponding pronunciation above the original text of Yoshiyong, "It's just that there are some words that I don't know the meaning." For example, this 'brain is full of fat', it sounds weird and disgusting..."

[I didn't expect that I would have a day to guide others to study......]

Although he complained silently in his heart, Immortal Chuan Genya actually liked this feeling very much, so he immediately explained: "That is, a person's brain and intestines are stuffed with fat, probably referring to those who don't do anything, are lazy to eat, and are stupid and stupid!" ”

"That's pretty graphic."

Muichiro nodded earnestly, marked the meaning of the idiom in the blank space in the corner of the page, and then closed the cap of the pen as if he was done, and a sweet smile appeared on his face, "Thank you, Genya." Otherwise, I would have to look up the dictionary slowly on my own, and I guess it would take a week for this article alone. ”

"Uh," he was so polite that Genya was a little overwhelmed, "I don't have to be so polite......

"What's wrong?" After a little thought, Muichiro understood, "Are you not used to the way I look now?" ”

"A little bit."

Immortal Kawa Genya scratched his head a little tangled, "Although this Muichiro is very likable and has the feeling of a good child, I always feel that there is one less ...... Well, there is less of the usual 'weird' sense of security. ”

Muichiro tilted his head: "What does that mean?" ”

"In other words, if I left Muichiro alone, I might be more worried about what he would do to others than about his safety......"

Xuan Mi tried his best to organize his words to express his feelings, "But if it were you now, if I really left you alone somewhere, I always felt that you would have some accidents because you were too simple." ”

Muichiro, who split his brother out of his body, seems to have completely changed into Arichiro before he died.

If it weren't for the coolness of his body due to Kasumi's breath, Immortal Chuan would even have some doubts about whether this Muichiro would still have the ability to fight.

"I know what you mean, but I love the way it feels."

Muichiro slowly voiced his feelings, "When Ichiro 'really' appears in the world I'm in, I can show myself without any scruples, instead of subconsciously pretending to be like before, as if he lives on me." ”

In order to explain, Muichiro added: "You know, just like the butterfly senior, she doesn't like to laugh."

"The reason why she always wears her sister's smile is to give herself the illusion that 'my sister is still with me'...... I guess if Hanaju could appear directly next to her like Arichiro and accompany her in the real world, the smile of the butterfly senpai would be completely different. ”

"Is that so?"

Xuan Mi seemed to understand and didn't seem to understand, "In that case, you can do what you want...... Anyway, except for the shadows of the various villages, no one should be able to threaten your safety. ”

"What about you, Genya," Muichiro suddenly asked curiously, "Don't you miss your brother?" ”

"He only said goodbye to me briefly, and then went to reincarnate with the predecessors of Huazhu, that bastard......"

Speaking of the immortal Kawa Minoru, Genmi clenched his fists, and then suddenly realized, "I said why I don't like Ichiro's kid very well, it should be because of the sense of déjà vu!" But then again, knowing that guy may have forgotten all the bad things and lived happily now, I don't seem to miss him as much as I did at the beginning. ”

Muichiro asked, "Even if he doesn't remember you after he is reincarnated, doesn't it matter?" ”

"Hmm." Genya nodded with great certainty, "Even if he doesn't remember me at all." After all, in a sense, he is already a different person. ”

"I can't do it." Muichiro raised his eyes to look at the roof, as if he could see through the planks and beams, and directly saw the twinkling stars in the night sky, "Ichiro can't do it, so when he proposed to me to take him 'smuggling' here, I didn't hesitate at all, as if instinctively did." ”

"Maybe it's because the two of you are twins?" Xuan Mi guessed, "After all, my eldest brother and I are a few years old......

"When it comes to twins, I don't know a little bit about them." Muichiro stretched out his right index finger, "The way your brother likes Hanazhu is not the kind I like Arichiro, right?" ”

"I guess so."

Speaking of the topic of love, Immortal Chuan Xuanmi seemed to have completely inherited the gossip attribute of the rock pillar, and his body, which was originally sitting like a bell, couldn't help but fall forward, "Anyway, Master Beimingyu said so, otherwise I can't explain why these two people want to reincarnate together, right?" ”

"But that doesn't make sense."

Xuan Mi asked in confusion, "What is unreasonable?" ”

"According to the rules of the underworld, if two people are reincarnated at the same time, then their relationship after birth should be like me and Ichiro."

Muichiro put the two teacups together, "It's either a twin brother, or a twin sister, a brother and sister, a brother and a brother, in short, it's a completely different relationship from the kind of relationship they want, right?" ”

“…… And there are rules like that. ”

Immortal Kawa Genya fell into a stupor first, but the sluggish eyebrows, eyes, and lips soon began to tremble.

In the end, he finally couldn't help it, and while hammering the table, he burst out laughing in Muichiro's confused eyes: "Hahahahaha, I really laughed to death!" Is there such a thing?! If you really have to change from lovers to good brothers, hahahahahahahaha......"

"What are you doing? As soon as I walked into the yard, I felt the ground tremble! ”

Five seconds later, the sliding door of the room was opened, and Arichiro, Shiro, and Ghost Lantern Mizutsuki came in one after another, "Didn't Ichiro tell any jokes about me?" Well? ”

Arichiro's threatening eyes were handed over to his innocent brother along with the long tail note.

Raven Silver was originally standing on Shiro's shoulder, but as soon as she entered the room, she flew to Muichiro's side to receive feeding, and sarcastically mocked Ichiro while eating: "You are less narcissistic." ”

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to wait there? Why did we only see this stinky crow in the past? Also, you two don't have any money, how did you open a house? ”

"Miichiro was waiting for me in the alleys around the fish market when he met a few hooligans, and I robbed them of their money."

Xuan Mi finally restrained his laughter and sat up straight, "On the way back, Muichiro and I found that many hotels were full of signboards, and we were afraid that there would be no place to sleep if it was too late, so we hurriedly found a store to live in, but I didn't expect that there was only one room left in this store." Anyway, everyone squeezed in, and they should be able to sleep at night. ”

"Huh?" Glancing at Shiro, who nodded in understanding, Arichiro said shyly, "Isn't this okay?" ”

didn't wait for the ghost lantern Shuiyue to ask "what's wrong", for fear that Arichiro would see the truth, Xuan Mi hurriedly interrupted and said, "Let's not talk about these things that are not there." Are there any results from the investigation of the three of you? ”

Then, the Shi Tou brothers glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Cardo Shipping Company!" ”

"Sure enough!" Arichiro laughed and sat across from Ichiro, "Tell me, how did you find out?" ”

"Among the staff at the dock, only the crew of this company is unusually strong."

Muichiro shared his findings first, "Although these people have no obvious traces of training, the ...... in the cells"

"Mitochondria." Xuanmi, who has received the compulsory education of butterfly ninja, reminded.

"Yes, mitochondria are harvesting and converting natural energy for their bodies almost as efficiently as the big wild animals in the forests of the Rain Country."

Muichiro said: "In other words, the physical fitness of these crew members is almost catching up with the students who have cultivated the breath of the insect for a month in Yuyin Village. ”

"And we inquired," Mr. Hyun added, "and several of the company's former employees were hospitalized for rabies, and these crew members were newcomers who only started work two months ago. ”

"It seems that the results are obvious."

Shiro took out the data he had copied from the card and handed it to Muichiro: "This shipping company from the country of waves is the source of the contaminated seafood. Although they only sell frozen seafood, the cheapest shrimp can be purchased and eaten only by high-income people, such as aristocrats, merchants and ninjas, because of the unique taste of the product and the many 'benefits' it brings to the body. Those crew members should just take advantage of their positions.

"After comparing the transaction information with the hospital's cases, we found that the first person in the city to have a serious abnormality because of the consumption of the company's products was this single wealthy businessman called Qingcang."

Bai pointed to the first line of the list, "Three months ago, he raided the maid at home in the middle of the night and bit off one of the other party's ears. In the end, it was the combined efforts of seven bodyguards he hired to subdue him, and in the end, this man, like the former employee of the Cardo Company, was admitted to the hospital under the guise of rabies, and died of dehydration after seven days without eating or drinking. ”

"What about the ears? Just bite it off? Xuan Mi frowned and asked, "Or was he eaten?" ”

Bai Gang still felt that this problem was a bit evil, and the ghost lamp Shui Yue immediately added: "Yes, those evil god cultists in Tang Ninja Village would directly eat people's organs!" It's disgusting to watch! ”

“…… No. Shiro shook his head, "All similar medical records so far only mention rabies-like aggression, not cannibalism. If it was the latter, presumably the Konoha ninja would have intervened in the investigation a long time ago. ”

"It doesn't seem to have completely mutated, and in essence, it's still human."

Arichiro and Muichiro quickly skimmed through the record written in phonetics.

In the transaction records, the amount and frequency of seafood purchased by the family are extremely exaggerated, and according to his weight, unless he eats seafood for three meals a day, he cannot consume such a large amount. So this is a more extreme example......"

"Not really." For example, Bai said, "There is also an old woman who buys about the same amount and frequency as this person, and she did not show a slight tendency to attack until a week ago, and is still recuperating in the hospital. ”

From this point of view, the impact of these seafood on people is also related to the age and physique of these people. Even a cursory survey does not lead to any conclusions. ”

Arichiro touched his chin, "I think, why don't we find out all these people who are still alive on the list, and then take their blood separately and show it to Sister Shinobu to see, isn't it more accurate than our blind analysis?" ”

"It's a way." Bai agreed, "In addition, according to the law of goods entering and leaving the port, one o'clock in the morning tomorrow will be the time for the next batch of seafood to arrive at the Cardo Shipping Company." ”

"Then we'll split up."

Arichiro directly began to assign tasks: "Shark Tooth and Genya, you two go and sink that ship, drag the cargo to the shore and burn it and blow it up, but find a way to get the sailors ashore alive." ”

"No problem." Although Ghost Lantern Shuiyue doesn't like this little ghost to give orders, this task is indeed the type he likes.

Xuan Mi also nodded, dragging things is also what he is good at.

"Bai, you seem to know a lot about the things in the hospital, the blood samples of those patients who are locked up in the hospital, please ask you to collect them."

Shiro nodded, "No problem. ”

"As for those who buy seafood regularly but haven't changed yet, it's up to Muichiro to draw their blood," Arichiro waved the list, "I'll be responsible for destroying all the seafood they store." ”

"Are you sure......" Muichiro looked at his brother with deep meaning, "Aren't you going with Shiro this time?" ”

"I'm going to protect you!" Yuiro touched the top of Muichiro's head, "Besides, I also want to see what the rich people are like, whether it's Sister Shinobu or Sister Xiaonan, there are nothing fun and beautiful things in Yuyin Village......"

"Smack." Muichiro slapped his brother's hand off.

[I knew your purpose was not pure. 】

"Anyway, let's eat first!"

Arichiro was not annoyed, and touched his belly, as if he could really feel hungry as a doppelganger, "When we have enough to eat, drink and rest, let's hurry up, right?" No matter what, you can't let Muichiro stay up late! ”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and it was the waiter of the hotel: "Guest, it's dinner time, do you need to order?" ”

"Just in time!" Arihiro invited people in, and he ordered a lot of them, anyway, there was Genmi, and he was not afraid that he would not be able to finish eating.

However, when the waiter handed over the menu to the chef, he sneaked up to the door of a guest room and whispered, "Guest, they had already finished talking when I went, and I only heard them say something at the end to hurry up and act, can't stay up late or something...... My guess is that they should be going out at night. ”

"Get out? Okay, well......"

"An open place is the best place for artists to show their strength!"